Seul Choix
The light is as pretty as its name, which means only choice in French. It lights a very dark stretch of Lake Michigan shore line. 12/23/2017

Manistique East Breakwater Light & Sand Point
Manistique's shore still has remnants of its industrial peak more than 100 years ago. The Sand Point light was replaced early in its life, but kept shipping lanes safe for iron ore out of Escanaba.

Point Peninsula and Menomonie Lights
The Point light is all that's left from the house which burned decades ago. It offers a great look over Lake Michigan. In Menomonie, Michigan just across the state line from Wisconsin stands a light in the midst of refurbishing.

Wawatam
This light is new, built to attract tourists, now it stands in St. Ignace where it lights the way for boats and snowmobiles.

Cheboygan
The Cheboygan Crib Light, Range Light, Poe Reef, and Fourteen Foot Shoal lights are all gathered on Lake Huron in the delightful community of Cheboygan.

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The day I visited the Big Sable lighthouse, it was the tenth of ten visits on a day started across the state line in Michigan City, Indiana.

We were, as is said, "burning daylight" when I pulled into Ludington State Park and asked the park ranger for directions.

Each lighthouse visit includes a fair amount of walking. I like walking down the shore for long shots; trying to get as close as possible; and search for interesting angles.

Big Sable (Grande Pointe au Sable in French) is on the mainland, but it stands alone.

The ranger directed us to park in a nearby parking lot, and explained a .8 mile walk through the campground would lead me to a 1.3 path to the light. In and of itself, not a big deal. However, it was less than two hours until sunset and a 4 mile walk would use most of it.

I took off at a brisk pace with an eye out for the setting sun.

Mindful of the clock, I started to jog, thankful it was packed down unlike the dunes which seemed to grab every foot fall.

Which is how I landed at the Market Street Diner in Sun Prairie for breakfast recently.

Crisp bacon, delicious oatmeal, and some chocolate milk; plus a full water bottle thanks to a very kind server and I was off.

There was a favorable wind, and that can be all the difference.

Market Street, Sun Prairie was the starting point, then I headed west on Main Street. A couple of direction changes and it was on to Hoepker. Hoepker is a mix of country road and growing retail. I rode it end to end then turned left.

Just over a mile later, after passing VFW Post 4383 and an impressive Independence Day display of American Flags, the runways of Truax Field were on my left.

Then came a turn north and a zig-zag putting me on Westport Road.

The two lane road clings to the edge of Lake Mendota. It is mostly marsh for several miles before the Yahara River passes under a bridge and widens …